Rethinking Disability in India by author Anita Ghai explores disability as a social, cultural and political phenomenon and marks a fundamental shift from standard clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on the subject. It interrogates issues such as identification of the disabled and the forms of oppression they face . The book weaves together cultural, social and psychological themes ranging from cultural conceptions of karma, historical Hindu mythological representations of disability, psycho-emotional aspects of living in a disabling world to gendered relational issues of community life. It provides very nuanced understandings of fate, charity, giving and recognition. Throughout the use of psychological concepts, ideas are made with a strict adherence to recognising the dominant cultural imaginary. As she writes in this text, “My contention is that whether it is disability or some other form of marginalisation, the significant question is how we accommodate this difference. In the specific historical context of the neo liberalism which attaches value to individualism and not inter-dependence, the disabled person is perceived as having a deficit.” Writing from an Indian context permits Ghai to recognise the cultural, economic and historical complexities of disability and impairment. As she writes in this book, “The comprehension and meaning of disability in India has been understood as embedded in multiple cultural discourses that are subtly nuanced.”